The movie Farewell My Concubine won the Golden Palm Award for best movies in the 46th Cannes Film Festival. It explores Chinese traditional culture, observes and meditates on the state of living and human nature, and reproduces Chinese history in half century with the touching stories of the characters, so it is a good learning material for intermediate and advanced TCFL audio-visual classes.
This book selects 8 excerpts from the movie, adds detailed historical, cultural and language annotations and provides diversified exercises based on the audio-visual materials. The accompanying DVD contains 2 versions of the movie: a complete version to be watched for appreciation, and a reedited version for use in the classroom.
The book is best suited for learners of Chinese with a vocabulary of 3000 words, and can be used for class as well as for self study.
电影《霸王别姬》曾荣获第四十六届戛纳国际电影节最佳影片金棕榈奖。影片展现了对中国传统文化、人的生存状态及人性的思考，并通过剧中人物的故事将半个世纪的中国历史展现出来，适合用于中高级汉语视听教学。 本教材根据电影《霸王别姬》编写，精选八个片段，对历史、文化背景及语言点详加注释，并设计了丰富的视听说练习。配套DVD光盘包括两部分，欣赏版可以完整地欣赏全片，教学版经过剪辑，便于课堂教学。 本教材适合掌握3000汉语常用词的学习者使用，既可用于课堂教学，也可供学习者自学使用。
Paperback, Simplified Chinese characters, Pinyin and English, 89 pages, 10.25"x7.4", 1 DVD with Chinese and English Subtitles
